Category: General Conference
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Salvation and Exaltation
Some years ago I met with a tribal king in Africa. When he realized that he was being taught by an Apostle of the Lord, he was deeply moved. He said that throngs of his people would be baptized if he were to give them such a mandate. I thanked him for his kindness but…
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Solemn Assembly
D. Todd Christofferson as the new ApostleL. Whitney Clayton as the new member of the presidency of the Quorums of the 70 (replacing Elder Christofferson) I love they order and they way that each group was represented for individual sustaining. I don’t remember the young women being called as a group in previous solemn assemblies…
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Special Experiences
No matter what the experience may be, each gives us a chance for personal growth, greater wisdom, and, in many cases, service to others with more empathy and love. We were told that a few Latter-day Saint families had joined together and built their own small, new floating island. With excitement, we took a boat…
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The True and Living Church
Each of us must make an individual evaluation. First, we need to measure the depth of our gratitude for membership in the true Church of Jesus Christ. Second, we need to know by the power of the Holy Ghost in what ways we can do better in keeping the commandments. This is the true Church,…
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Walk in the Light
For each of us, life is a journey. Heavenly Father designed it for us out of love. Each of us has unique experiences and characteristics, but our journey began in the same place before we were born into this world. We all were taught by Elohim, the Father of our spirits. We loved Him and…
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All Times, in All Things, and in All Places
You are a part of that wondrous plan that was presented in the premortal realms. Your coming to the earth now has been anticipated since the plan was accepted. Your position in time and place is no accident. . . In order to accomplish your divine mission and live the plan of happiness, you too…
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Anchors of Testimony
Faith is a gift from God, but you must nurture your faith to keep it strong. You can nurture the gift of faith by: praying to Heavenly Father in the name of Jesus Christ. keeping the commandments. studying the scriptures and the words of latter-day prophets. President Spencer W. Kimball, one of our latter-day prophets,…
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Truth: The Foundation of Correct Decisions
To be successful in finding truth we must have: Unwavering faith in the source of truth Willingness to follow the commandments of God Finding truth is of little value if we do not use it to make good choices. On a given subject we can receive multiple strongly delivered, carefully crafted messages with solutions. But…
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Nourished by the Good Word of God
How can we nourish those we serve? Preach my gospel My father taught us that when we wanted to catch one of our horses to ride, all we had to do was to put a handful of grain into a bucket and shake it for several seconds. It didn’t matter if the horses were in…
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After All We Can Do
The first thing we have to keep in mind in doing “all we can” is to repent of our sins. We will never be able to reach our divine potential if we remain in our sins. The real torment in life is to suffer the consequences of our own shortcomings and sins which we inflict…